Seven Community Colleges Selected for National Program to Improve Student Experience
From Wisconsin to North Carolina, education leaders say rural community colleges are important to the fabric of small communities.
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Q&A: Community Organizing in Rural South Texas
La Union del Pueblo Entero (LUPE), founded by César Chávez, advocates for streetlights and broadband internet in local colonias.
Center for Rural Affairs Receives $62 Million Federal Grant to Provide Solar Power to Lower-Income Nebraskans
The families that need cost-saving residential solar power the most are the least likely to be able to afford such installations. The federal Solar for All program will attempt to change that.
Rural Jails Turn to Community Health Workers To Help the Newly Released Succeed
Substance abuse and mental illness, both common among incarcerated people, make reentry difficult. These professionals want to ease the burden.
One Path to Easing the Rural Counselor Shortage
Students in the rootEd Alliance counseling program are twice as likely to be on track for a career making a living wage.
Republicans Double Down on School Vouchers by Taking Fight to Rural Members of Their Own Party
For years, rural Republican state legislators have bucked the party’s support for funneling public funds into private schools through education vouchers. Now Republican leaders are ramping up pressure on these holdouts.
New Proposals Inch Farm Bill Toward Finish Line
Seven months past the farm bill’s expiration date, Congress still has not passed new legislation. Last week, there were finally rumblings of progress in D.C.
Analysis: The Myth of Rural Voters’ Power in the House of Representatives
Some pundits see insidious threats to representative democracy in rural voters’ “disproportionate” voting power in Congress. The facts say otherwise.
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